וְהָי֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְהָי֣וּ

   ve-ha-YU

   and they were
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהָי֣וּ תצאותיו תֹּצְא֣וֹת הַגְּב֗וּל

   ve-ha-YU totz-e-o-TAV totz-e-OT hag-GEV-ul

   and they were its goings out outgoings of the boundary
3. clause🔊 וְעָבַ֨ר הַגְּב֜וּל אֶל־כֶּ֣תֶף בֵּית־חָגְלָה֮ צָפוֹנָה֒ וְהָי֣וּ תצאותיו תֹּצְא֣וֹת הַגְּב֗וּל אֶל־לְשׁ֤וֹן יָם־הַמֶּ֙לַח֙ צָפ֔וֹנָה אֶל־קְצֵ֥ה הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן נֶ֑גְבָּה

   ve-a-VAR hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef beit-KHOG-lah tsa-fo-NAH ve-ha-YU totz-e-o-TAV totz-e-OT hag-GEV-ul el-le-SHON yam-ha-MEL-akh tsa-fo-NAH el-ke-TSEH ha-yar-DEN NEG-bah

   and passed on the boundary to the shoulder of Beth-hoglah northward and they were its goings out outgoings of the boundary to the tongue of the Salt Sea northward to the extremity of the Jordan southward
4. sentence🔊 וְעָבַ֨ר הַגְּב֜וּל אֶל־כֶּ֣תֶף בֵּית־חָגְלָה֮ צָפוֹנָה֒ וְהָי֣וּ תצאותיו תֹּצְא֣וֹת הַגְּב֗וּל אֶל־לְשׁ֤וֹן יָם־הַמֶּ֙לַח֙ צָפ֔וֹנָה אֶל־קְצֵ֥ה הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן נֶ֑גְבָּה זֶ֖ה גְּב֥וּל נֶֽגֶב׃

   ve-a-VAR hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef beit-KHOG-lah tsa-fo-NAH ve-ha-YU totz-e-o-TAV totz-e-OT hag-GEV-ul el-le-SHON yam-ha-MEL-akh tsa-fo-NAH el-ke-TSEH ha-yar-DEN NEG-bah ZEH GE-vul NE-gev

   and passed on the boundary to the shoulder of Beth-hoglah northward and they were its goings out outgoings of the boundary to the tongue of the Salt Sea northward to the extremity of the Jordan southward this the border of the south

Exegesis

A periphrastic clause vehayah vehayu tetza’otav totze’ot hagvul {והיה וְהָי֣וּ תצאותיו תֹּצְא֣וֹת הַגְּב֗וּל | wə-hā-yāh wə-hā-yū te-tsa-ʾō-ṯāw tō-ṣə-ʾō-ṯʾ ha-ǧə-būl} uses two perfect verbs in sequence to emphasize legal precision regarding boundary outgoings, followed by a disambiguated pair tetza’otav (construct) and totze’ot (absolute) ‘its goings out, goings out.’